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Wow you guys can be pretty mean :/ Thanks for the constructive comments I did get though. It looks like there isn't anything that can be done. I think there should be more awareness about the potential size of these fines, though. Negligible savings are clearly not worth the risk of such a fine.

Sheesh people seem pretty unforgiving here. Well I'll stop repeating myself and just post when I have results I guess. Also although you say I should keep using my railcard - that's not gonna happen. If I do travel by train again, I'll be assessing the cost reduction against the risk of the...

I think you may have misunderstood me. I haven't actually posted much in this thread and I fully understand my position and I fully understand the rules of a railcard. Of course it's only my fault that I forgot my railcard, and I have clearly breached their terms. I have also accepted the...

It seems like an absurd fine above anything else. I'm very aware that it's clearly stated the ticket isn't valid if I can't present my railcard and blah blah blah, it just seems like an unreasonably high amount to fine, is all. It also would've been nice if I had been advised at the time that it...

Thanks for the response. It seems this is pretty hopeless... There should be more awareness of this possibility. I wish I had never bought a railcard now as the cost of forgetting it is far, far higher than what I save with it. I'm not really one to go down without a fight, but I'm not...

tldr - I bought an advance ticket for £5.00 and used my Railcard to get it down to £3.30. I forgot my Railcard and they wanted to fine me £30.50 which I didn't have. They took my address and the RPSS now want to fine me £125.50. Is there anything I can do? Hi, I booked an advance ticket...